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acquitted
[uh-kwit-id]
adjective
having been declared not guilty of a crime.
The mayor extended condolences to the victim’s family, but also expressed empathy for the acquitted officers.
noun
Usually the acquitted a person or persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime.
None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of acquit.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- unacquitted adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of acquitted1
Example Sentences
He was accused of the murder in a Glasgow supermarket car park in 2010, but was later acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
Ultimately, three of the four defendants were acquitted in 2017, and charges were dropped against the fourth later that year.
He is acquitted on another charge while the jury was hung on a third.
Another defendant, Laurent Kraemer, who - along with his gallery - was accused of failing to adequately check the chairs' authenticity before selling them on, were acquitted of deception by gross negligence.
Bush use the National Guard to quell the unrest in Los Angeles after police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.
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